Future vegetation patterns and primary production in the coastal wetlands of East China under sea level rise, sediment reduction, and saltwater intrusion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1923-1940

  Ge, Zhen Ming ^a,b   Cao, Hao Bin ^a   Cui, Li Fang ^a   Zhao, Bin ^c   Zhang, Li Quan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

coastal ecosystem; exotic grass; primary production; salinity stress; sea level rise; vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRASS; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCIRPUS MARIQUETER; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84949594830     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JG003014     Document Type: Article

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